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`ALDERSON REPORTING COMPANY
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`HJU104000
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`MARKUP OF H.R. 1249, THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT
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`Thursday, April 14, 2011
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`House of Representatives
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`Committee on the Judiciary
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`Washington, D.C.
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` The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:35 a.m., in
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`Room 2141, Rayburn Office Building, Hon. Lamar Smith
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`[chairman of the committee] presiding.
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` Present: Representatives Smith, Sensenbrenner, Coble,
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`Gallegly, Goodlatte, Lungren, Chabot, Issa, Pence, Forbes,
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`King, Franks, Gohmert, Jordan, Poe, Chaffetz, Griffin,
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`Marino, Gowdy, Ross, Adams, Quayle, Conyers, Berman, Nadler,
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`Scott, Watt, Lofgren, Jackson Lee, Waters, Cohen, Johnson,
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`Pierluisi, Quigley, Chu, Deutch, Sanchez, and Wasserman
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`Schultz.
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`I will recognize myself in opposition to the
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`amendment.
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`This amendment expands the inter partes review program
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`from 12 months after the filing of a civil action to 30 days
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`after the Markman hearing. This amendment could create an
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`open-ended process because there is actually no guarantee
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`that a Markman hearing will even take place. The inter
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`partes proceeding in H.R. 1249 has been carefully written to
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`balance the need to encourage its use while at same time
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`preventing the serial harassment of patent holders. This
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`bill represents a delicate balance, and making such a core
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`change to the deadline may turn the inter partes program
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`into a tool for litigation gamesmanship rather than a
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`meaningful and less expensive alternative to litigation.
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`For those reasons, I oppose the amendment.
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`Are there other members who wish to be heard on this
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`amendment?
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`[No response.]
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`Chairman Smith. If not, we will vote on it. All
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`those in -- the gentleman from California, Mr. Berman, is
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`recognized.
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`Mr. Berman. Mr. Chairman, the issue you raise -- I
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